vert
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /vɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Noun edit
vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)
- (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- vert:
- (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
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See also edit
- vt. in heraldic contexts.
- Appendix:Colors
Adjective edit
vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
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Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation of vertical.
Adjective edit
vert
- Abbreviation of vertical.
Noun edit
vert (plural verts)
- (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
vert (plural verts)
Etymology 4 edit
From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).
Verb edit
vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)
- (archaic or literary) To turn.
- 1659, Thomas Fuller, “The Eleventh Book, Containing the Reign of K. Charls”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: unto the Religious Learned and Ingenuous Reader. In a Controversie Betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. Peter Heylyn and the Author Thomas Fuller., London: […] W. Godbid, […], part III, page 21:
- Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.
- 1859, George Meredith, “In Which the Hero Takes a Step”, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 198:
- Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.
- 1879 December 6, J[ames] Matthews Duncan, “On Retention of Mucus”, in The Medical Times and Gazette. A Journal of Medical Science, Literature, Criticism, and News., volume II, number 1536, London: […] J. & A. Churchill, […], page 630:
- A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted: […].
- 1903 February 7, R. C. Matheny, “Imbalance and Insufficiency of the Eye Muscles”, in George F[rederick] Shrady [Sr.], Thomas L[athrop] Stedman, editors, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 63, number 6 (whole 1683), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, page 210:
- For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.
Etymology 5 edit
Abbreviation of vertex.
Noun edit
vert (plural verts)
References edit
- “vert”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “vert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
France (Paris) (file) France (West) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
Quebec (Quebec City) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
- Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Noun edit
vert m (plural verts)
Adjective edit
vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)
Derived terms edit
- algue verte
- béret vert
- carte verte
- chêne vert
- chou vert et vert chou
- citron vert
- classe verte
- en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
- énergie verte
- fée verte
- feu vert
- haricot vert
- heure verte
- langue verte
- l’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
- l’herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
- maillot vert
- main verte
- numéro vert
- oignon vert
- olive verte
- Parti vert
- pic vert
- salade verte
- se mettre au vert
- thé vert
- tourisme vert
- vert de colère
- vert de jalousie
- vert de peur
- vert de rage
- vert pomme
- voie verte
- volée de bois vert
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Descendants edit
See also edit
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading edit
- “vert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.
Adjective edit
vert
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
vert
Participle edit
vert
- past participle of ver
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vert (uncountable)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun edit
vert (uncountable)
References edit
- “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wert.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.
Noun edit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)
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Verb edit
vert
- inflection of verta:
References edit
- “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vert oblique singular, m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)
Adjective edit
vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)
- green, of a green color
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Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vert